During alcohol prohibition in the United States, p...

2008-03-23T12:24:00.000-04:00

During alcohol prohibition in the United States, people died (and got paralyzed) from drinking bad liquor. In the 1920s, some said poisoning was simply God "hanging out... a danger sign to those who violate His law." Alcohol prohibitions were just as wrong then as drug prohibitions are today.

People needn't die from drug overdoses anymore than they should get paralyzed from drinking bad liquor. Overdoses aren't drug deaths; they're prohibition deaths. And they are entirely preventable. We should be focusing on drug addiction as the problem and saving lives as the goal.

It's so rare to read something that tells the trut...

2008-03-23T07:35:00.000-04:00

It's so rare to read something that tells the truth about overdose deaths.The safe injection site(INSITE)in Vancouver had saved over 1000 lives since it's inception but is in danger of losing it's license because the Conservative government of Steven Harper doesn't care about human life or peoples health.They are religious ideologues with their own very narrow agenda.Most of the people I knew that died from OD were trying to clean up or recently released from prison and just didn't get tolerance at all.The deaths from high quality heroin are very rare as it only happens when there's a new kid on the block trying to drum up business or unaware of how cutting works or even if you cut at all.

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During alcohol prohibition in the United States, p...

It's so rare to read something that tells the trut...